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Description:: Colloidal membranes are monolayers of rod-like particles and provide a model system of liquid crystals to study chirality, elasticity, and geometry. In this thesis, we …
Year:: 2026
Contributor:: Liu, Zifei (creator); Pelcovits, Robert (Advisor); Powers, Thomas (Advisor); Tang, Jay (Reader); Brown University. Department of Physics (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Soft condensed matter
Collection:: Physics; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Motivated by experiments on colloidal membranes made of chiral filaments that assemble through depletion force, we develop a Monte Carlo framework and carry out simulations …
Year:: 2022
Contributor:: Ding, Lijie (creator); Pelcovits, Robert (Advisor); Powers, Thomas (Advisor); Ling, Xinsheng (Reader); Brown University. Department of Physics (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Monte Carlo method; Membrane Mechanics; Chirality; Liquid crystals
Collection:: Physics; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Colloidal membranes are an example of a novel bioinspired soft material with rich properties that stem from the interplay of geometry and molecular order. A …
Year:: 2018
Contributor:: Jia, Leroy (creator); Powers, Thomas (Advisor); Pelcovits, Robert (Advisor); Matzavinos, Anastasios (Reader); Brown University. Department of Applied Mathematics (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Soft Matter
Collection:: Applied Mathematics; Theses and Dissertations

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Description:: Using a minimal hydrodynamic model of active fluids in an isotropic phase, we study the stability of a thin active gel film, and two-dimensional Couette …
Year:: 2023
Contributor:: Luo, Wan (creator); Powers, Thomas (Advisor); Pelcovits, Robert (Advisor); Breuer, Kenneth (Reader); Brown University. Engineering: Fluids and Thermal Sciences (sponsor)
Genre:: theses
Subject:: Soft condensed matter
Collection:: Engineering; Fluid, Thermal, and Chemical Processes; Theses and Dissertations

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